Nanomechanics has brought mesoscopic physics into the world of vibrations. Because
nanomechanical systems are small, fluctuations are significant, the vibrations already …

Quality factor (Q) is an important property of micro-and nano-electromechanical (MEM/NEM)
resonators that underlie timing references, frequency sources, atomic force microscopes …

The book provides a unifying insight into fluctuation phenomena in a broad variety of
vibrational systems of current interest. It consists of individual chapters written by leading …

We describe and demonstrate a new oscillator topology, the parametric feedback oscillator
(PFO). The PFO paradigm is applicable to a wide variety of nanoscale devices and opens …

Parametric amplification, resulting from intentionally varying a parameter in a resonator at
twice its resonant frequency, has been successfully employed to increase the sensitivity of …

A microcantilever is a suspended micro-scale beam structure supported at one end which
can bend and/or vibrate when subjected to a load. Microcantilevers are one of the most …

A hallmark of mechanical resonators made from a single nanotube is that the resonance
frequency can be widely tuned. Here, we take advantage of this property to realize …

Classical and Quantum Parametric Phenomena provides an overview of the phenomena
arising when parametric pum** is applied to oscillators. These phenomena include …

This article presents a finite element reduced order model for the nonlinear vibrations of
piezoelectric layered beams with application to NEMS. In this model, the geometrical …

Electromechanical resonators have emerged as a versatile platform in which detectors with
unprecedented sensitivities and quantum mechanics in a macroscopic context can be …